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Gubins, Samuel – 1970
The study examines the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) institutional training of the unemployed using benefit cost analysis to determine the impact of a changing clientele on the economic efficiency of training and the effects of age and previous education on the benefits and costs of training. Using a sample of trainees selected from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged
Horowitz, Morris; And Others – 1968
This section of the Proceedings of the 20th Annual Winter Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association consists of three papers on aspects of manpower education. A Boston study on training of tool and die makers sought to ascertain which of several identifiable training paths was most productive in terms of worker performance. It found…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Monson, Marvin Ralph – 1969
This study investigated effects of a Manpower Development Training Act (MDTA) program on the self-concept of 178 male adults, high school graduates and dropouts, enrolled in the Agri-Business School. The dropouts were divided into those who successfully passed General Educational Development (GED) tests and received a high school diploma (GED…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitude Change, Bibliographies
